Our CIA was a bogeyman for the left for decades... what happened?

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Our CIA was a bogeyman for the left for decades... what happened?

Author: Curly1918 (17218 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 8:27 am on Feb 21, 2020

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And... Hollywood made a fortune on films in which our intelligence organizations were the evil doers.

Replies to: "Our CIA was a bogeyman for the left for decades... what happened?"

Rule #1 for intelligence: don’t politicize it [LINK] - Chris94 - 8:24am 2/21/20 (36) [View All]
- Exhibit A: John Brennan. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:35am 2/21/20
  - Nothing political about that guy. A true IC professional. [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 10:59am 2/21/20
    - His whole career was not political - ND_in_DRO - 4:41pm 2/21/20
    - Nice. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:25am 2/21/20
- “do you know how to handle this flame-thrower?” - “yes sir I do” - jimbasil - 10:32am 2/21/20
- Agree on the principle. Too bad the IC was already politicized. - NedoftheHill - 10:10am 2/21/20
  - No. They were not. Not close. - conorlarkin - 10:30am 2/21/20
    - Still waiting for you to acknowledge the political acts of Brennan, Clapper and others. - NedoftheHill - 2:37pm 2/21/20
    - Who does Brennan work for again? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:35am 2/21/20
      - He no longer works at the CIA [NT] - ND_in_DRO - 4:37pm 2/21/20
      - Brennan...he was the Left's Number 2 man. - NedoftheHill - 10:45am 2/21/20
        And who does Clapper work for now? And McCabe? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:52am 2/21/20
        Neither still work for the gov't or IC [NT] - ND_in_DRO - 4:42pm 2/21/20
- Shocker - never-trumper hack hates Trump decision. Makes me like it that much more. [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 10:06am 2/21/20
  - Sound reasoning as always. [NT] - Frank L - 10:29am 2/21/20
- You're right, the WaPo is a parody. [NT] - TampaIrish - 9:54am 2/21/20
- This the day after the Intel community leaks a Russian story v. Trump. [NT] - Cole - 9:18am 2/21/20
- Our CIA was a bogeyman for the left for decades... what happened? - Curly1918 - 8:27am 2/21/20
  - That’s why is ludicrous to suggest they are in some type of coup conspiracy with the left. [NT] - Frank L - 9:02am 2/21/20
    - There was never any conscious coup conspiracy... just a bunch of people who felt he was dangerous - Curly1918 - 4:53pm 2/21/20
    - Chris thinks your premise is silly. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 10:24am 2/21/20
      - Not my premise, but I agree with Curly. - Frank L - 10:28am 2/21/20
        Chris thinks you are being silly. Only point I wanted to make. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 10:36am 2/21/20
        Thanks Capt Obvious. It wasn’t my premise as you assert. - Frank L - 10:45am 2/21/20
        You should take it up with Chris. - NedoftheHill - 10:50am 2/21/20
        Me shadowing? Dude, take a look at who is following whom around - Frank L - 11:38am 2/21/20
        Whataboutism! - NedoftheHill - 12:12pm 2/21/20
        You are nuts. [NT] - Frank L - 12:33pm 2/21/20
        Do you dare challenge the sanctity of Whataboutism? Typical. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 2:40pm 2/21/20
        Grow up. [NT] - Frank L - 3:14pm 2/21/20
        Ha! Excellent. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:16pm 2/21/20
        Try accurate. [NT] - Frank L - 8:51pm 2/21/20
  - Just silly. [NT] - Chris94 - 8:38am 2/21/20
    - It may appear silly to you Dems but until people like - TampaIrish - 10:01am 2/21/20
      - Well said. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:20am 2/21/20
      - Amen. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:36am 2/21/20

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